Back in the U.K.

"Back in the U.K."
Single by Scooter
from the album Our Happy Hardcore
B-side	"Unity Without Words Part II" "Crank It Up"
Released	14 November 1995
Recorded	1995
Genre	Happy hardcore techno-pop [1]
Length	3:25
Label	Club Tools Scorpio Music
Songwriters	H.P. Baxxter Rick J. Jordan Ron Goodwin Jens Thele Ferris Bueller
Producers	H.P. Baxxter Rick J. Jordan Jens Thele Ferris Bueller
Scooter singles chronology
"Endless Summer" (1995) "Back in the U.K." (1995) "Let Me Be Your Valentine" (1996)
Music video
"Back in the U.K." on YouTube

"Back in the U.K." is a song by German group Scooter. It was released in November 1995, by Club Tools and Scorpio Music, as the lead single from their second album, Our Happy Hardcore (1996). In the United Kingdom it became their biggest hit ever up to that point, entering at number 18 in the UK Singles Chart in February 1996. It would remain their highest-charting single until the release of "The Logical Song" in 2002, which reached number two. The song was re-recorded as "Back in Ireland" for the Irish market. The accompanying music video was A-listed on German music television channel VIVA in December 1995. ^[2]

Samples

• "Back in the U.K." samples the theme tune of the British film series Miss Marple , originally composed by Ron Goodwin.
• A remixed version of "Crank it Up" is used in the Da Ali G Show as Brüno's (played by Sacha Baron Cohen) intro song.

Critical reception

Jennifer Nine from Melody Maker said, "A Union Jack-bedecked sleeve houses a hysterically nosebleed-speed Nintendo game theme, with added stadium-crowd roars and what sounds like miniature steel drums played by demented midgets." ^[3] Pan-European magazine Music & Media wrote, "These three Anglophile ravers from Hamburg have a taste for fast and loud techno. Their driving sound and catchy melodies nail down the listener like an out of control steamroller." ^[4] Music Week gave the song three out of five, adding, "A riff that sounds like 'You Are My Sunshine' and rabble rousing singing gives this German four-piece's latest track some personality. Otherwise, it's the sort of frantic technopop that gets lapped up on the Continent but engenders a lukewarm response in the UK." ^[1]

Track listings

Original version CD maxi – Germany (CLU 6195–5) "Back in the U.K." (Long version) – 5:24 "Back in the U.K." (Radio Version) – 3:25 "Unity Without Words Part II" – 5:28 (misprinted as 6:28) "Crank It Up" – 4:08 CD maxi – Back in Ireland (CLU 6220–5) "Back in Ireland" (Long version) – 5:24 "Back in Ireland" (Radio Version) – 3:49 (misprinted as 3:25) "Unity Without Words Part II" – 5:28 (misprinted as 6:28) "Crank It Up" – 4:08 12-inch maxi – Germany "Back in the U.K." (Long version) – 5:24 "Unity Without Words Part II" – 6:28 "Crank It Up" – 4:08 Cassette single – Germany "Back in the U.K." (Radio version) – 3:24 "Crank It Up" – 4:08 CD maxi – Australia "Back in the U.K." (Long version) – 5:24 "Back in the U.K." (Radio Version) – 3:25 "Unity Without Words Part II" – 5:28 (misprinted as 6:28) "Crank It Up" – 4:08 "Back in the U.K." (Tom Wilson Remix) – 5:49 "Back in the Kellys Mix" (Paddy Frazer mix) – 6:44 CD single – France "Back in the U.K." (Radio Version) – 3:25 "Back in the U.K." (Long version) – 5:24

Remixes CD maxi – Germany (CLU 6222–5) "Back in the U.K." (Tom Wilson Remix) – 5:49 "Back in Villabajo" – 5:58 "Back in the U.K." (Double M's Bassss Mix) – 7:13 "Back in the Kellys Mix" (Paddy Frazer Mix) – 6:44 "Back in the U.K." (Double M's Bassss Dub Mix) – 7:13 CD maxi – France "Back in the U.K." (Tom Wilson Remix) – 5:49 "Back in the Kellys Mix" (Paddy Frazer Mix) – 6:44 "Back in the U.K." (Double M's Bassss Dub Mix) – 7:13 12-inch maxi – Germany "Back in the U.K." (Tom Wilson Remix) – 5:49 "Back in Villabajo" – 5:58 "Back in the Kellys Mix" (Paddy Frazer Mix) – 6:44 "Back in the U.K." (Double M's Bassss Dub Mix) – 7:13

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1995–1996) Peak position Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [5] 8 Finland (Suomen virallinen lista) [6] 17 France (SNEP) [7] 48 Germany (GfK) [8] 4 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [9] 27 Netherlands (Single Top 100) [10] 29 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [11] 39 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [12] 39 UK Singles (OCC) [13] 18

Year-end charts Chart (1996) Position Germany (Media Control) [14] 59

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Germany (BVMI) [15]	Gold	250,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. "Reviews: Singles" (PDF). Music Week . 27 January 1996. p. 27. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
2. "M&M Airplay Station Reports: VIVA" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 12, no. 50. 16 December 1995. p. 22. Retrieved 12 December 2025.
3. Nine, Jennifer (20 January 1996). "Singles". Melody Maker . p. 28. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
4. "New Releases: Singles" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 12, no. 51/52. 23 December 1995. p. 7. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
5. "Scooter – Back in the U.K." (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
6. "Scooter: Back in the U.K." (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat.
7. "Scooter – Back in the U.K." (in French). Le classement de singles.
8. "Scooter – Back in the U.K." (in German). GfK Entertainment charts.
9. "Nederlandse Top 40 – Scooter" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
10. "Scooter – Back in the U.K." (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
11. "Scooter – Back in the U.K.". Singles Top 100.
12. "Scooter – Back in the U.K.". Swiss Singles Chart.
13. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
14. "Top 100 Single–Jahrescharts 1996" (in German). GfK Entertainment . Retrieved 7 August 2015.
15. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Scooter; 'Back in the UK')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie . Retrieved 11 May 2025.